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Insurrectionists gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
News April 1, 2021
Why Is It So Hard To Prosecute White Extremists?
Citing the protections of the First Amendment, prosecutors often use other charges as a workaround to go after members of hate groups.
By Simone Weichselbaum and Joseph Neff
Insurrectionists broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in Washington, DC.
Analysis January 14, 2021
White Terrorism Often Leads to Harsher Punishment for People of Color
Amid calls for tougher laws after the Capitol assault, research shows that measures addressing White violence usually fall harder on Black people.
By Eli Hager
Life Inside August 6, 2020
How Prison Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Neo-Nazi
We grew up listening to Tupac, smoking blunts and emulating Black people. Behind bars, our past was a dangerous secret.
By Christopher Blackwell
A man held a flag with a thin blue line at a vigil for five police officers killed in Dallas in 2016.
News June 8, 2020
The Short, Fraught History of the ‘Thin Blue Line’ American Flag
The controversial version of the U.S. flag has been hailed as a sign of police solidarity and criticized as a symbol of white supremacy.
By Maurice Chammah and Cary Aspinwall
Adam Driver as Flip Zimmerman and John David Washington as Ron Stallworth in Spike Lee’s "BlacKkKLansman".
Commentary August 9, 2018
The Real BlacKkKlansman - And Other KKK Infiltrators
Spike Lee’s Hero is Not the First Black Person to Breach the Klan — Or the Most Effective.
By Vee Wright
Louisiana and Oregon are the only states that permit criminal convictions in felony cases with non-unanimous juries.
Case in Point September 25, 2017
A Vestige of Bigotry
The Supreme Court and non-unanimous juries.
By Andrew Cohen
Life Inside August 24, 2017
“Prison is a Real-Life Example of the World White Supremacists Want”
Charlottesville: Views from the cellblock.
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Life Inside August 10, 2017
What I Learned From the Neo-Nazi in My Prison Book Club
An inmate who grew up worshipping Hitler forces a reading group facilitator to challenge her own beliefs.
By Karen Lausa
Analysis July 29, 2015
Meet Dylann Roof’s Defender
Representing an avowed racist, a champion of racial justice.
By Andrew Cohen
Commentary July 8, 2015
Why Dylann Roof’s Racism Will Only be Nurtured in Prison
An author and former prisoner reflects on the white supremacist’s potential fate.
By James Kilgore
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